[tension]
seduce – entice – invoke
Opening in Sydney at rex-livingston+corlette fine art
117 abercrombie st, chippendale 2008. t: (612) 9690
thursday 6 sept 2001 running 6-12 sept.
Opening in New York at Caelum Gallery 526 W26th St.,
Suite 315 New York NY 10001 USA T: 212 924-4161 E:
CAELUMGALL@AOL.COM I:www.caelumgallery.com Opens Sat 6
Oct 4-6pm, running 2-13 october 2001.
A spectacular exhibition of contemporary Australian
photography, [tension] features the work of three
artists working within the cultures of craving.
Frances Mocnik, Rob Young and Marzena Wasikowska. The
exhibition explores the seductive qualities of
photography in relation to ideas of femininity,
tensions between be Üauty and pain, and the disclosure
of the self through the camera, by the artists and
non-artist alike. The three artists image three
different pockets of the external world ? Marzena:
angst-ridden adolescents, Frances: cosmetic and other
tools of glamour, Rob: the rhapsodic dancers body.
In each one, the artist concentrates on a microscopic
element of human experience to reach into the depths
for where their universal qualities are revealed.
Crucial to the exhibition is the notion of the
inextricable link between the photography and
seduction. The works are very sexual, always alluring
and at times slightly sinister, with a glamorous and
highly polished aesthetic. The artists indulge in the
sheen and staged aesthetic wh `ich is the legacy of the
camera – the result is a decadent, luscious collection
of works which is also an investigation of the
seductiveness of the camera itself and the fantasies
that it makes possible.
The exhibition revels in the Australian fascination
with the double-edged appeal of photography, embracing
the dark and light facets of both the surface and the
content of the photograph.
[tension] australian photography opens Saturday 2
October, 3-6pm Opening night 7th October at
Caelum, 526 W 26th St, Suite 315, New York.
Tel: 212 924-4161. Email caelumgallery@aol.com
www.caelumgallery.com